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News/Politics 11-5-12

What’s news today?

How about this? I know it’s important that these people get to use their right to vote, but how do you prevent fraud with this method? And does it really give them enough time, especially if they are still without power?

From the AP

“New Jersey will allow residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy to vote by email or fax.

Officials announced Saturday that registered voters can vote electronically. A resident must submit a mail-in ballot application by fax or email to the local county clerk.

When the request is received, a ballot will be emailed or faxed back. Ballots must be returned no later than 8 p.m. Tuesday.”

Mayor Bloomberg got a surprise, while making a surprise visit.

From the NYPost

“Storm-ravaged and weary Rockaways residents cornered Mayor Bloomberg yesterday to angrily demand more aid for their devastated neighborhood.

“When are we gonna get some help?” blasted one desperate woman, who had to be held back by the mayor’s security detail as Bloomberg stood by with a deer-in-the-headlights look.

“When are we gonna get some (censored) help?” she demanded.

“There’s old ladies in my building that don’t got nothing,” lashed out a man on video caught by a NY1 reporting crew.

Bloomberg’s trip to the Rockaways wasn’t announced and wouldn’t have been caught on cameras if the news crew hadn’t happened to run across him. Back in City Hall, he expressed sympathy with the residents’ plight.”

Meanwhile, the President continues his regulatory assault on the economy, and of course he’s got to hide it.

From the Daily Caller.

“Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the president is required by law to submit  his regulatory agenda to Congress twice a year, in April and October. The report  is required to include every economically significant regulation in the  pipeline. This year, April came and went and the legally required report wasn’t  filed.”

“Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) last week politely asked President Obama to follow  the law: “I request you comply with the law and publish the federal government’s  regulatory calendar this month. Businesses and communities need to understand  the future regulatory landscape in order to properly plan and invest in the  economy.””

“The reply? None.”

“We don’t know exactly how big the regulatory bomb is going to be because of  Obama’s illegal secrecy, but an estimate from the National Federation of  Independent Business of some of the known rules clocks in at over $515  billion in economic costs. That estimate doesn’t even include an expected ban on  coal-fired power plants whose costs could run into the trillions.”

The Soro’s funded Center for American Progress is targeting the military again. Given Obama’s fondness for groups like these and their recommendations, and his attacks on TriCare already, this should make military members a little nervous. The DoD will bow to whatever methods Obama proposes.

From AirForceTimes.com

“The Center for American Progress calls for capping pay raises, eliminating military health benefits for many retirees who are covered by an employer-provided plan, and reducing the value of military retired pay as well as making retirees wait until age 60 to start receiving it.

Recommendations are included in a report, Rebalancing Our National Security, released Oct. 31 by the progressive think tank and advocacy group. The report opposes across-the-board cuts in defense spending that could occur beginning in January under sequestration but still calls for major reductions in defense spending.”

“Similarly, the report endorses many of the Defense Department’s proposals for cutting health care costs by raising fees, mostly on retirees and their families. But the report goes a step further: “To truly restore the Tricare program to stable financial footing, the Defense Department should enact measures to reduce the overutilization of medical services and limit double coverage of working-age military retirees,” the report says.”

But don’t worry, the Redskin Rule says Romney wins!

From the Daily Caller.

“The Washington Redskins lost to the Carolina Panthers 21-13 on Sunday — meaning, if the past is any guide, that Mitt Romney will win the presidential  election on Tuesday.

The  so-called “Redskins Rule” predicts that, if the visiting team  defeats the Redskins in their last home game before Election Day, the incumbent  party will lose the White House. If the Redskins win the game, according to the  legend, the incumbent party will prevail.

The rule has held true since 1940, though it was amended in 2004 to define  the “incumbent party” as the party that won the popular vote in the previous  presidential election.”

Now I’ll sleep better tonight. Or not. Probably not.

🙂

 

14 thoughts on “News/Politics 11-5-12”

  5. It’s curious, this is one reason why in the past I have considered applying for an absentee ballot, just in case.

    Act of God, right? How can you play with the law?

    But then, I haven’t figured out this early voting either. It looks to me like another circumvent of the law–get your votes in hand before everything is known. If you’re worried about a line, get an absentee ballot.

    I think we should shut down the media and its predictations until everyone has voted, too. How hard could it be for it to go silent for 12 hours.

    And make the election a set time across the country. If you life in Hawai’i and you don’t like the hours get an absentee ballot.

    Have I mentioned I voted with an absentee ballot for most of my husband’s 21 years in the Navy? Easy.

    Meanwhile, over on FB friends have been posting reasons not to vote Republican. Fascinating to read because the charges they make against the Republicans just as easily can be turned on the Democrats. And vice versa.

    It’s all in the worldview.

    I’m going to pray for peace and that we could rest in the confidence we worship a God who understands our needs better than we do.

    I should add, however, I see no need for him to spare our country from difficulties. Neither candidate is a panacea. Revival, really, is more important than an election result.

    I’m back to work today after two weeks off. See you!

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  6. “I think we should shut down the media and its predictations until everyone has voted, too. How hard could it be for it to go silent for 12 hours.”

    That’s a good idea. Few people remember that in the big 2000 Florida mess, some networks call the state for Gore before the polls had closed in panhandle. The panhandle is probably most conservative part of the state. I wonder how many Bush voters heard that and didn’t vote.

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  7. Good luck shutting down the media coverage of an election even for half a day 🙂 Well, at least they don’t start reporting the returns until after ALL the polls have closed across the country.

    It used to be the returns from back east would start flooding the airwaves just as people out west were getting off work and heading to the polls.

    If their candidate was getting hammered, some people simply went home and skipped voting.

    And “exit” polls have gotten a very bad rap after some completely wrong predictions in recent years so that’s not done as much either, which is good.

    I see a number of posts from my liberal friends on FB linking to stories about suspicions of GOP-perpetrated fraud, “voter suppression,” etc. Lots of outrage on that side over this already. Many still think the 2000 election was stolen from Gore.

    As someone said on television yesterday, the legal teams on both sides are lining up and will be ready to go if this thing turns out as close as they think it will.

    The long periods in which people vote now, however — and the proliferation of mail-in ballots — are, I think, cause for concern that irregularities and charges of fraud (real and imagined) will only multiply.

    I’d rather see a 3-day voting window, with voter IDs required.

    There are always irregularities and some fraud in elections — typically it’s minimal enough to simply be absorbed and doesn’t change the results.

    But when it appears to be as close as this election is (or the one in 2000 turned out being), it actually can make a difference in the results. And that’s scary.

    These close election polls also no doubt motivate the more dishonest partisans on both sides to see what they can maybe get away with to tip the scales their way. 😦

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  8. A quote from Woody Allen (from George Will’s recent column):

    “One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.”

    Ta-dum.

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  10. Fred Barnes, a savvy Weekly Standard analyst, is out today with an article, Why Romney Will Win.

    He lists a number of factors that favor Romney including enthusiasm, undecided voters, ground game, and issues, each which is elaborated. It is the best pro Romney election analysis that I have found.

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  11. Practically every pollster, and their mothers, are declaring this race a virtual tie:

    R 49% – O 48% (Gallup)
    R 49% – O 48% (Rasmussen)
    R 49% – O 49% (CNN)
    R 49% – O 49% (ARG)
    R 48% – O 48% (Battleground/Politico)
    R 48% – O 48% (Monmouth)
    R 46% – O 46% (FOX News)
    O 48% – R 47% (NBC News)
    O 49% – R 48% (ABC News)
    O 48% – R 47% (CBS News)

    The exception would be Pew, who in their latest poll conducted 10/31-11/3 had Obama 50, Romney 47.

    So far, all polls that include yesterday’s responses in their samples have it tied or Romney with a 1-point lead. Yesterday might’ve been a good day for Romney – emphasis on might’ve.

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  13. Bluff. Called.

    And good riddance to a bad idea anyway.

    http://www.lifenews.com/2012/11/04/pastors-call-lefts-bluff-no-irs-penalties-for-preaching-politics/

    “Yes, “separation” still applies, but only insofar as it requires the state to remain separate from the church. That is to say, that government not interfere with the free exercise of either speech or religion.”

    “AU, for instance, recently sent 60,000 letters to churches across the nation warning pastors, priests and rabbis that “If the IRS determines that your house of worship has engaged in unlawful intervention, it can revoke the institution’s tax-exempt status.”

    That’s a lie.”

    “Keeping all this in mind, something I’ve long expected has finally occurred. A little over a week ago, the IRS ran up the white flag. That bureaucratic bully we all love to hate announced that, for the indefinite future, it is “holding any potential church audits in abeyance,” for violating its arbitrary “no politicking” rule.

    This rule stems from the blatantly unconstitutional “Johnson Amendment,” which, in 1954, was introduced by then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson. At the time, Johnson was facing opposition from Christians and anti-Communists. He pushed the rule through in an effort to muzzle them.”

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